As with the past free dining offers, guests staying at Disney VALUE resorts will receive the Disney Magic Your Way Quick-Service Dining Plan, but can upgrade to the standard or deluxe dining plans by paying the difference in cost per night.

Guests staying at Disney MODERATE, DELUXE, or VILLA resorts will receive the Disney Magic Your Way Plus Dining Plan (the standard dining plan), but can upgrade to the deluxe dining plan by paying the difference in cost per night. Most, but not all, Disney resort rooms are included; availability is limited.

Specs
— Guests must book by May 18th, 2012.
— Guests must check in no earlier than August 25th, 2012 to get the offer
— Guests must book a minimum of 3 nights and a maximum of 14 nights
— Guests must purchase a minimum 2-day Magic Your Way Disney World ticket for each person in the room
— Guests must use their Disney Visa Rewards Card to purchase (while you don’t have to pay the whole reservation off at time of booking, there is a minimum deposit that must be paid)

We have word that this offer will be available to the general public on March 5th, 2012.

Thanks to the DFB for posting the news.
I didn’t receive an e-mail from Disney Rewards until very late in the day. Oddly, even though I had already booked through 9/29, the e-mail I received stated the dates as 8/25 thru 9/27; obviously ending just prior to the Food & Wine Festival.

The expansion of the dining plan has freshened up using it. Over our last few visits we seem to keep eating the same meals over and over. We’ve missed some old favorite restaurants that will now be back in the rotation on our next visit. Good work Disney folks!

I wonder what this means for Canadian guests. The free dining promotion has been very popular up here too, but the Disney Visa card is not available to Canadians.
The easy fix would be to make an exception for international guests. The more exciting fix would be to create a Disney Visa card for Canadian bankers, say with RBC or TD!

My family and I are just watching the announcements daily, waiting on some November/December extension dates. I’m holding out faith that it will happen, because if and when it does, we can officially start planning our trip. If it doesn’t…may not get to go this year… :-/

So many companies and other theme parks give discounts to AARP members.
Will The Disney Company do the same? A lot of “seniors” love attending WDW and cannot participate in many things, thus paying for something they cannot do.